UNITED NATION

The UN system in the Philippines began in 1945 when the Philippines, along with 49 other nations,
signed the UN Charter in San Francisco, USA. The relationship between the Philippine government and
UN is underscored by the contributions made by Carlos P. Romulo who acted as Philippine delegate to
the United Nations Organization Conference and then became the Philippine ambassador to the United
Nations from 1946 to 1954.[10] Romulo eventually became the first Asian president during the 4th UN
General Assembly. The presence of the United Nations in the Philippines is found in the different
globally-established subsidiaries, specialized agencies, and programmes the organization has enforced in
the country. Each entity focuses on a particular social issue or addresses a specific need the UN aims to
respond to. Currently, there are twenty-one bodies in the UN system present in the country